THIS DATE IN KNICKS HISTORY
October 27, 1984: Knicks open the 1984-85 season with a 137-118 win versus Detroit at Madison Square Garden. The 137 points are the most in franchise history on opening night. Bernard King scores 34 points to lead the way.

SERIES HISTORY
All-Time 2009-10
Overall Record 28-29 0-4
Home Record 18-11 0-2
MSG IV Record 18-11 0-2
Road Record 10-18 0-4
Air Canada Centre Record 4-18 0-2
Neutral Record 0-0 0-0

Did you know??

Mike D’Antoni was hired as the Phoenix Suns head coach on Dec. 10, 2003 by then President/General Manager Bryan Colangelo, who currently holds the same position with the Raptors

Herb Williams played one game for Toronto in the 1995-96 season following a trade from the Knicks

Knicks guard Toney Douglas played with Raptors rookie center Solomon Alabi for one season at Florida State University (2008-2009)

Andy Rautins father Leo is a TV analyst for the Raptors and went to training camp with the Knicks in 1987. Leo coached Andy for Team Canada at the 2010 World Basketball Championships in Istanbul, Turkey

Hello everybody! Welcome to the Jpz17 Knicks pregame show!!!! This is the first game of the season, are you fired up? Also, a side note make sure you vote next Tuesday..

Take advantage of Toronto's euro-ball.. Mike D knows how to beat Euro-ball.. show it

Get pumped baby. Half the roster is playing their first Knicks game ever. The whole city is watching, don't fail boy!

Just win.. I dunno.

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The [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] are wondering how they're going to replace an All-Star big man who was the face of their franchise. The [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] are curious how much better they're going to be with one.
Shut out in its attempt to lure one of the NBA's free agent megastars, New York still feels like it emerged a winner by adding [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...], who makes his Knicks debut Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre against a Raptors team that could be facing a long rebuilding process after the departure of [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...].[Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...], [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] and Bosh all turned down the chance to play in New York in order to unite in Miami, but that didn't stop the Knicks (29-53) from making a sizable splash in free agency.
Stoudemire agreed to leave Phoenix for a five-year, $100 million deal in New York, instantly becoming the best player to wear a Knicks uniform in years.
For a franchise that hasn't made the postseason since 2004 and hasn't won a playoff game since 2001, adding one of the NBA's premier offensive big men has led to something that's been hard to find at Madison Square Garden lately -- optimism.
"The fans are ready just as well as we are," Stoudemire said. "Again, we're working hard on the basketball court to really give them what they're looking for."
Perhaps the biggest hook for Stoudemire -- aside from a max contract -- was the up-tempo system of Mike D'Antoni, who coached the five-time All-Star for four full seasons in Phoenix. Stoudemire averaged 23.6 points and 9.2 rebounds under D'Antoni from 2004-05 to 2007-08.
D'Antoni is counting on similar production for a team that renounced the rights to its two leading scorers -- [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] -- to free up salary cap space.
Of course, after two seasons with 61 total wins since D'Antoni arrived, the Knicks were willing to do whatever it took for a chance to land a big name.
"You never know if you went another way what would have happened or will we ever know," D'Antoni said. "But we had to set ourselves up to try to get one or two or three of the big free agents last summer and we came away with a good one, so it wasn't 100 percent but it worked out pretty good.
"It was a tough two years, that's behind us now. And everything now will be to develop guys, keep good pieces and try to add to the team."
Many have speculated one of those pieces will eventually be [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...], the Brooklyn-born forward who apparently wants to be traded from Denver ahead of his pending free agency.
For now, though, Stoudemire is left to lead a team that shouldn't have any trouble getting up the floor. The Knicks dealt Lee to Golden State for athletic big man [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...], and used part of the cap space they had left over to sign point guard [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...].
Felton will start in the backcourt, and Stoudemire will join sharpshooting [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] and Russian rookie [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] up front, but the other starter isn't set in stone. Either [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] or rookie [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] will start alongside Felton, with the versatile [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] settling into the role of sixth man.
Perhaps no franchise is in flux quite like Toronto (40-42), which failed to make the playoffs after going 8-14 down the stretch.
That, of course, is the least of the Raptors' problems. Bosh joined James and Wade in Miami, leaving Toronto with nothing but a large trade exception for its all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
Five days later, the Raptors shipped [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] -- whom they signed to a five-year, $53 million deal in 2009 -- to Phoenix in a deal that netted speedy guard [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...].
Between Bosh and Turkoglu, that's 35.3 points and 15.4 rebounds per game left to replace.
"We are going to make sure we ride the hot hands, get everyone a lot of touches and recognize some nights it's going to be one guy and another night it's going to be a whole host of players," coach Jay Triano told the Raptors' official website.
Perimeter-oriented big man [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] (17.2 points per game) is the leading returning scorer, while rookie forward [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] will eventually be counted on to take Bosh's place. Davis, however, is out for at least three more weeks after tearing the meniscus in his right knee in a pickup game Sept. 15.
In the meantime, it'll be up to [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] to fill in at power forward, while [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] could replace Turkoglu.
That means the Raptors will be relying on plenty of scoring from a backcourt of [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...], Barbosa, [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...].
Jack and DeRozan are the likely starters, and DeRozan's progress could be critical. He started 65 games as a rookie last season and averaged 8.6 points, but he'll likely need to increase that for Toronto to compete.
"I think he's got a lot more experience being on the floor in crucial times," Triano said. "I think that's going to be something that benefits him not only this year but throughout his career."
DeRozan averaged 17.7 points against the Knicks last season, playing in three of the four wins in Toronto's season sweep. He had a career-high 24 in a 131-113 victory April 14.

Europe guy vs Europe guy.. It'll be interesting to see Kleiza play because he spent last year in Europe. We all know Amare will score, but Gallo is going to be the key this season. It looks like our number two scorer is Gallo, and we need him to be more consistent that last season. Gallo is very comparable to Kleiza, because Kleiza can pull up the 3 ball too. Also, both players are very inconsistent.

And....LeBron sucksLet's go destroy some Canadians/Europeans!LeBron Sucks.....Go New York Knicksssss![Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...]

Oct 26, 2010, 20:00

elcol

god damn this thread is so much win

:gony:

Oct 26, 2010, 20:15

LeFlume

Nice JP but check out your prediction, It would be nice to beat Heat but lets take Raptors first. :agreed:

Oct 26, 2010, 21:00

iSaYughh

Yes. Pure, pure win. What else can be said until we rejoice in this god-like thread on gamenite.

Oct 26, 2010, 21:11

jpz17

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Originally Posted by LeFlume

Nice JP but check out your prediction, It would be nice to beat Heat but lets take Raptors first. :agreed:

fixed !!!!!!!!

Oct 26, 2010, 22:52

Pricey

So pumped to check this game out online tomorrow.
We should be able to get a win here.

Exciting times ahead for Knick fans

Oct 26, 2010, 23:50

KING~POETIQ

GREAT ****ING THREAD

Knicks will definitely win this one :thumbsup::gony:

Oct 26, 2010, 23:50

Sage

Excellent game thread.

Can't wait!

Oct 27, 2010, 00:40

knickzrulezH20

I'm so pumped up for tomorrow night. Hopefully some exciting WINNING basketball gonna be played by our Knicks.

Oct 27, 2010, 01:18

RunningJumper

Sweet thread.

The day is finally here!

Oct 27, 2010, 03:18

Paul1355

great thread and love the start of it...Screw Lebron time for Knicks Basketball

I liked the side notes of Herb Williams playing with Tor etc

We should win this game and since Amare tore up pre season while never playing really more than 25 min a game, i expect him to prob have the highest scoring season he has ever had.

Amare should destroy Reggie Evans and Bargnani wont be able to provide help defense with the big russian waiting for a easy pass.

All up to Gallo and I think Fields will do fine against Derozen...Derozen is more athletic and skilled where Fields is smarter and crafty so I give the edge to Fields.

Oct 27, 2010, 07:31

Knicks4Life_1985

Nice thread sir, I can't wait to see Amare dog these little kids downlow. This is going to be a great year to watch as we move forward from the muck we have been stuck in.

Oct 27, 2010, 08:09

jimkcchief88

Awesome game thread!!! Free league pass so I'll be posted up watching the game. Like the "key" match-up but lemme tell ya, the Knicks will win, but Linus is gonna rip Gallo a new one. Gleiza is what we shoulda gotten when we drafted Gallo: all-court game, tough down low, polished outside shooter, runs the floor well and can finish.